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2. My BootCD (3.5mb)

 

- post your request here, download link will be sent to you

 

- download and burn it.

 

<snip>

 

boinkytwo can I get a copy of your bootcd to try?

Thanks!

 

ETA - nevermind I missed your link in your last post and got it.

Thanks again!

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Procedures:

 

A. Using Darwin's Boot Loader

 

 

1:

  • Boot windows xp install cd and create a partition and allocate at least 5gb (5,000 mb) or depending on your preference and resources. If there's any existing partition, delete them all until you only see one unpartitioned hard drive, before doing this step.

2:

  • Create the first partition for windows xp installation as mentioned above, and leave the other partition untouched, or leave it unpartitioned.

***The first partition is for windows xp

The second partition is for osx

The third partition is for all your files to be stored in

 

3:

  • Proceed with windows xp installation procedures, make sure that It will boot properly after installation. Boot the newly installed Windows XP, and input a volume name for your windows xp partition.

4:

  • After Installation, boot from my created bootcd.

a. press enter when "
boot:
" appears.

b. press enter when
MY TOOLS
appears.

c. press enter when
PARTITION MAGIC
appears. you were looking now at Partition Magic's User Interface.

5:

  • Now, right click the 2nd partition, then click Resize/Move

  • Click on New Size and input at least 6,000mb or more. Click OK

  • Two new partition appears, making your single drive divided in 3 partitions.

  • Now, right-click the 2nd parition and

  • click Create, in Create As dialog choose Primary Partition

  • click Partition Type and choose Unformatted

  • click OK

  • Now, right-click the 3rd partition and

  • click Create, in Create As dialog choose Logical Partition

  • click Partition Type and choose Fat32 ***with this format both your OS will have read/write access

  • click OK

  • Finally, click Apply.

***During this process your computer may seem to hung, but its not.

 

Wait for confirmation, reboot and eject the bootcd.

 

6:

  • Insert OSX86 install DVD and install OSX

  • When reaching the Select Destination menu, open Disk Utility and format the 2nd partition in MAC OS Extended (Journaled) format, Input your desired Volume Name (ex. My MAC). Then proceed with the installation until finished.

7:

 

  • After successful installation, restart your system and eject the install dvd, darwin will boot osx and will take you to account creation, etc.

thanks for the great tutorial and bootcd. I only had to use the first seven steps in my install to get it working right. I followed your directions and installed xp pro. I installed the acer A150 drivers and the driver I found online for the Broadcom BCM94321MC wireless card. Then I started with step 4 to put two partitions out of the unformatted area on the hard drive. the OS X install used is Iatkos v7 and the bootloader option used is Chameleon. After the OS X install when the computer restarted Chameleon came up and I'm able to choose from XP or Mac. If I don't choose then Mac starts automatically.

This is definitely a lot easier to follow than some of the other guides out there. thanks again for posting it. :blink:

 

I wonder if a dual boot can be set up on a 1010nr using the 8 gb ssd and a 16gb SD card.

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Simple Dual Boot Guide: Windows XP + OSX86 (Hackintosh)

 

***Please post your feedback here, after following the guide.

 

***Make sure that you already tested osx86 to run with your specs, or that your specs are osx86 compatible.

 

 

 

This is the best ever dual boot technique that I've tried and used.

It is so simple to setup and plus no Dual Boot Software required.

 

You may choose the following:

 

A. Using Darwin Boot Loader

B. Using Windows XP Boot Loader

 

***Users who have windows xp already installed on 2nd partition of their hard drive, use my created bootcd to move the windows xp partition to the first part of the hard drive making it the first partition. After that, update the MBR.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Things to be on hand before executing the following procedures:

 

1. OS install CDs

- WinXP

- OSX 10.4.8

- Clean and Unpartitioned Hard Drive, no data/files in it.

 

 

2. My BootCD (3.5mb)

 

- post your request here, download link will be sent to you

 

- download and burn it.

 

3. Chain0 File

 

- necessary when using windows xp boot loader

 

4. OSX Boot File (com.appleboot.plist)

- necessary when using darwin boot loader

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Procedures:

 

A. Using Darwin's Boot Loader

 

 

1:

  • Boot windows xp install cd and create a partition and allocate at least 5gb (5,000 mb) or depending on your preference and resources. If there's any existing partition, delete them all until you only see one unpartitioned hard drive, before doing this step.

2:

  • Create the first partition for windows xp installation as mentioned above, and leave the other partition untouched, or leave it unpartitioned.

***The first partition is for windows xp

The second partition is for osx

The third partition is for all your files to be stored in

 

3:

  • Proceed with windows xp installation procedures, make sure that It will boot properly after installation. Boot the newly installed Windows XP, and input a volume name for your windows xp partition.

4:

  • After Installation, boot from my created bootcd.

a. press enter when "
boot:
" appears.

b. press enter when
MY TOOLS
appears.

c. press enter when
PARTITION MAGIC
appears. you were looking now at Partition Magic's User Interface.

5:

  • Now, right click the 2nd partition, then click Resize/Move

  • Click on New Size and input at least 6,000mb or more. Click OK

  • Two new partition appears, making your single drive divided in 3 partitions.

  • Now, right-click the 2nd parition and

  • click Create, in Create As dialog choose Primary Partition

  • click Partition Type and choose Unformatted

  • click OK

  • Now, right-click the 3rd partition and

  • click Create, in Create As dialog choose Logical Partition

  • click Partition Type and choose Fat32 ***with this format both your OS will have read/write access

  • click OK

  • Finally, click Apply.

***During this process your computer may seem to hung, but its not.

 

Wait for confirmation, reboot and eject the bootcd.

 

6:

  • Insert OSX86 install DVD and install OSX

  • When reaching the Select Destination menu, open Disk Utility and format the 2nd partition in MAC OS Extended (Journaled) format, Input your desired Volume Name (ex. My MAC). Then proceed with the installation until finished.

7:

 

  • After successful installation, restart your system and eject the install dvd, darwin will boot osx and will take you to account creation, etc.

8:

  • Now, upon reaching the desktop, go to your osx installation

  • Open Library, then

  • Open Preferences, then

  • Open SystemConfiguration and then

  • Paste this file: com.apple.Boot.plist,

  • authorize it with your account password and replace it when prompted.

9:

  • Open Termninal from the Application-->Utilities Folder. Then,

  • Type: sudo -s

  • Press: enter

  • Type in your password and hit enter. (***your typed password will not be shown as ********)

  • You will be prompted with this:

  • account name:~ root#

  • ex. boinkytwos computer:~ root#

10:

  • copy and paste this in your terminal window right after root#

chown -R root:wheel /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

chmod -R 755 /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

  • close the terminal window

11.

  • Now, restart

12.

  • Upon reboot, you'll see Darwin's boot loader counting down from 5. Hit enter, use arrow keys which os to boot from and hit enter. ***The 1st choice is windows xp, and the 2nd choice is OSX.

13.

  • You're done.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

B. Using Windows XP's Boot Loader

 

 

 

1.>

  • Follow steps 1 to 7 above.

2.>

  • Insert my created bootcd and boot from it.

3:>

  • Upon reaching Partition Magic's user interface

  • Right-click the windows xp partition.

  • Click Advance, then

  • click Set Active, then

  • click OK, then Apply, then Yes, and finally OK.

  • Wait for the confirmation, and then restart

4.>

  • Upon restart, you should be able to boot Windows XP. Boot from it until you'll reached the desktop.

5.>

  • Put chain0 in C: drive

6:>

  • Now right-click My Computer, then

  • Advance,

  • under Startup and Recovery, click Settings

  • under Default Operating System, click on EDIT

  • at the end insert: c:\chain0="MAC OS X Tiger"

  • it should look like this:

[boot loader]

timeout=5

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

c:\chain0="MAC OS X Tiger"

 

-------------------------

***do not alter the blue text, just add the red text. the one above is just an example of the contents of my boot.ini file.

 

***you may change MAC OS X TIGER to other names you like. ie. OSX

7.>

  • Click Ok and close all dialogues, reboot to test. Good Luck!!!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***This whole procedures had worked for my machine.

***PLEASE POST YOUR RESULTS HERE IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL

 

***ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM, when booting osx

 

solution:

use the bootcd to make windows parition active, and then reboot, then boot again from the boot cd.

use again the bootcd to change back osx parition into active. reboot again, osx should boot now.

 

Hi

 

Please send me the Link for your bootCD.

 

thanks

 

tullyo@esons.ch

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OOHH.. it doesnt have a device drivers for usb..

 

use ps2 then

 

Simple Dual Boot Guide: Windows XP + OSX86 (Hackintosh)

 

***Please post your feedback here, after following the guide.

 

***Make sure that you already tested osx86 to run with your specs, or that your specs are osx86 compatible.

 

 

 

This is the best ever dual boot technique that I've tried and used.

It is so simple to setup and plus no Dual Boot Software required.

 

You may choose the following:

 

A. Using Darwin Boot Loader

B. Using Windows XP Boot Loader

 

***Users who have windows xp already installed on 2nd partition of their hard drive, use my created bootcd to move the windows xp partition to the first part of the hard drive making it the first partition. After that, update the MBR.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Things to be on hand before executing the following procedures:

 

1. OS install CDs

- WinXP

- OSX 10.4.8

- Clean and Unpartitioned Hard Drive, no data/files in it.

 

 

2. My BootCD (3.5mb)

 

- post your request here, download link will be sent to you

 

- download and burn it.

 

3. Chain0 File

 

- necessary when using windows xp boot loader

 

4. OSX Boot File (com.appleboot.plist)

- necessary when using darwin boot loader

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Procedures:A. Using Darwin's Boot Loader

 

 

1:

  • Boot windows xp install cd and create a partition and allocate at least 5gb (5,000 mb) or depending on your preference and resources. If there's any existing partition, delete them all until you only see one unpartitioned hard drive, before doing this step.

2:

  • Create the first partition for windows xp installation as mentioned above, and leave the other partition untouched, or leave it unpartitioned.

***The first partition is for windows xp

The second partition is for osx

The third partition is for all your files to be stored in

 

3:

  • Proceed with windows xp installation procedures, make sure that It will boot properly after installation. Boot the newly installed Windows XP, and input a volume name for your windows xp partition.

4:

  • After Installation, boot from my created bootcd.

a. press enter when "
boot:
" appears.

b. press enter when
MY TOOLS
appears.

c. press enter when
PARTITION MAGIC
appears. you were looking now at Partition Magic's User Interface.

5:

  • Now, right click the 2nd partition, then click Resize/Move

  • Click on New Size and input at least 6,000mb or more. Click OK

  • Two new partition appears, making your single drive divided in 3 partitions.

  • Now, right-click the 2nd parition and

  • click Create, in Create As dialog choose Primary Partition

  • click Partition Type and choose Unformatted

  • click OK

  • Now, right-click the 3rd partition and

  • click Create, in Create As dialog choose Logical Partition

  • click Partition Type and choose Fat32 ***with this format both your OS will have read/write access

  • click OK

  • Finally, click Apply.

***During this process your computer may seem to hung, but its not.

 

Wait for confirmation, reboot and eject the bootcd.

 

6:

  • Insert OSX86 install DVD and install OSX

  • When reaching the Select Destination menu, open Disk Utility and format the 2nd partition in MAC OS Extended (Journaled) format, Input your desired Volume Name (ex. My MAC). Then proceed with the installation until finished.

7:

  • After successful installation, restart your system and eject the install dvd, darwin will boot osx and will take you to account creation, etc.

8:

  • Now, upon reaching the desktop, go to your osx installation

  • Open Library, then

  • Open Preferences, then

  • Open SystemConfiguration and then

  • Paste this file: com.apple.Boot.plist,

  • authorize it with your account password and replace it when prompted.

9:

  • Open Termninal from the Application-->Utilities Folder. Then,

  • Type: sudo -s

  • Press: enter

  • Type in your password and hit enter. (***your typed password will not be shown as ********)

  • You will be prompted with this:

  • account name:~ root#

  • ex. boinkytwos computer:~ root#

10:

  • copy and paste this in your terminal window right after root#

chown -R root:wheel /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

chmod -R 755 /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

  • close the terminal window

11.

  • Now, restart

12.

  • Upon reboot, you'll see Darwin's boot loader counting down from 5. Hit enter, use arrow keys which os to boot from and hit enter. ***The 1st choice is windows xp, and the 2nd choice is OSX.

13.

  • You're done.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

B. Using Windows XP's Boot Loader

 

 

 

1.>

  • Follow steps 1 to 7 above.

2.>

  • Insert my created bootcd and boot from it.

3:>

  • Upon reaching Partition Magic's user interface

  • Right-click the windows xp partition.

  • Click Advance, then

  • click Set Active, then

  • click OK, then Apply, then Yes, and finally OK.

  • Wait for the confirmation, and then restart

4.>

  • Upon restart, you should be able to boot Windows XP. Boot from it until you'll reached the desktop.

5.>

  • Put chain0 in C: drive

6:>

  • Now right-click My Computer, then

  • Advance,

  • under Startup and Recovery, click Settings

  • under Default Operating System, click on EDIT

  • at the end insert: c:chain0="MAC OS X Tiger"

  • it should look like this:

[boot loader]

timeout=5

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)0000="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

c:chain0="MAC OS X Tiger"

 

-------------------------

***do not alter the blue text, just add the red text. the one above is just an example of the contents of my boot.ini file.

 

***you may change MAC OS X TIGER to other names you like. ie. OSX

7.>

  • Click Ok and close all dialogues, reboot to test. Good Luck!!!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***This whole procedures had worked for my machine.

***PLEASE POST YOUR RESULTS HERE IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL

 

***ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM, when booting osx

 

solution:

use the bootcd to make windows parition active, and then reboot, then boot again from the boot cd.

use again the bootcd to change back osx parition into active. reboot again, osx should boot now.

 

Hi,

 

I am trying to use this method to install both operating systems on my RAID drive array. I am using a Highpoint RocketRAID Sata card, with 2 maxtor drives raided together at RAID level 0. During the windows installation, i have to put in a diskette with the drivers for the RAID card on it in order for Windows to recognise the logical drive. Will OSX be able to recognise the drive?? Will i need a driver diskette for OSX as well???? Just curious, i've never installed OSX before but i'd like to! If there is a specific recomended version of OSx86 i should get, let me know. thanks

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hi! can i have the link for the "My BootCd"? and can you help me where to find the darwin's boot loader.. thanks in advance..

 

the bootcd link is earlier in this thread. The darwin boot loader is part of the OSX installation (whichever you are using ideneb etc). If your using iatkos there is the chameleon bootloader instead (I prefer chameleon - but that is just my opinion :)).

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I installed OS X on m computer but used the whole HDD, is there a way to make a partition without uninstalling OS X and install windows on it ?

 

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late reply, hehe

 

 

just use the mentioned bootcd. browse previous pages for the link

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Everytime I try to set a dual boot up, I get a freaking grub error..04 I think. :wallbash:

 

Anyway, I just read your guide and if it's as easy as it looks, thats gonna be a awesome..lol..

 

Question may have already been asked, but does it cover 7 x64?

 

Also, I have used my full 160 gig main for Mac OS X(Kalyway 10.5.2)..Is there a way to shrink it down without loosing my stuff?

 

HP Workstation xw8200..Kalyway 10.5.2(only upto 10.5.2)

 

Dual Xeons Soket 604 3.2ghz

 

Tian Motherboard i7525/ICH5

 

4 gigs DDR-2 @ 400 speed

 

Nvidia Quadro FX 540 w/128 megs(1440 x 900/1024 x 768)

 

Guide looks good +1 to ya.

 

~Nerd :P

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I succeeded installing the dual boot!

Thanks boinkytwo!

I have one question...I didn't install ethernet drivers so it does'nt see my adsl router!Can I install them now or do I have to install the Mac OS again?

And can someone tell me which ethernet drivers I should use?!!?

 

I installed iPC OSx86 10.5.6 PPF5 and my pc :

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2 GHz

Asus A8N-E

ATI Radeon X800

(2x) Kingston K512Mb DDR PC3200U 400MHz

250Mb WDC SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 8Mb Cache)

Audio Device : ASUS nForce4 AC97 Audio Controller

 

Thanks :(

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Ok I need some help :*( I installed OSx86 it was working for a while than out of the clear blue I tried to boot into it and it would show the apple logo and than reboot the whole machine. I made a video of what it does

(sorry about bad quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csySFoGsfRM

 

when I try to boot into safe mode it does the exact same thing :*( This is a acer aspire one netbook model ZG5 so I loaded the drivers from the cd of course. Any suggestions?

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